James eickard and john



.inM'Es RICKARD AND JOHN 000K, -oF PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA.

I Letters Patent No. 62,973, dated March 19, 1867.

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TOI'ALL WHOM IT M A'Y CONCERN:

Be it known that we, J Mns Rtcxnno and JonN Coon, ol' Philadelphie, Pennsylvania., have invented certain Improvements in Bedsteads; and we do hereby declare the following to be ya full, clesr, nud exact description of the same, reference being had to thc accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Our invention consists of certain devices fully described hereafter,'whereby the parts which compose the spring bottom'of ,a bedsteadmay be' readily secured to or detached from each other. l

In order to enable others skilled in the art-tov make our invention, we will now proceed to describe the mode of constructing the same, reference being had to thcaccompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which 'Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a. bedstead with our improvements.

4Figure 2, u. planvieiv of part of the bedstead. l

vFigure 3, an end view looking in the direction of the arrow, fig. 2; and

Figure 4, a detached plan view of 'part of the bedstead 4drawn to an enlarged scale. y

A are the posts, B B the end rails, and C C the side rails of a bedstead, and on the end rails B B hear the ends of the side rails a a oi' an oblong detachable frame, D. At the inner side of each rail aa are secured dove-tailed metal sockets, d ci, open nt the top. to permit vthe insertion of the dove-tailed ends of the trnnsvcrsc rails'b bof the frame' D. .Each rail b consists of two strips, x lig. il, which nre screwed together, und between which are inserted, so as to hold firmly, the outer ends of springs, c, consisting of strips of steel curved as shown in the drawing, the inner end of each spring being jointed to a ring, e, fitted to the end of4 a flexible slat, h,

which projects through the ring and bears on the spring. A number of these slats are thus connected' to the transverse rails b and b oi' the detachable frame D. The slats being flexible and resting on flexible springs lnlordayielding and'elnstic support forabed or mattress. As the weight upon the bed is increased the springs ec will be flattened and-vill be brought to a greater-'extent in contact with the slats, the rigidity ofthe springs being thus increased so ,that the sla-ts are prevented from sinking too far. Any oneofthe slats may be easily removed without disturbingl the others by elevating one end and slipping ofi the ring jointed to the adjacent spring, the opposite end being then withdrawnfro'm the opposite ring and the whole ofl the parts may be disconnected from each other by separating the two parts'x z( of each strip b to allow thc springs c c to be detached. By the use of the dove-tailed sockets dd, in connection with bars or strips'b b, having dove-tailed ends, the securing together of the side and end pieces of the framed) is facilitated and thev parts are held firmly together' and may be readily disconnected without the necessity of resorting to tedious manipulation with tools. The springs c c,instea.d of being secured to a detachableframc, D, may be attached to theiend rails ofthe bedstead.

We claim as our invention, and desire to'securebylretters Patent- I The strips b and b', having dove-tailed ends adaptedto dove-tailedsockets d, in combination with' thc'springs c c' and slats z'l,'.substantially as descnibed.'

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J.. RICKARD,

J. COOK.

Witnesses:

Cnnnnns E. FOSTER, W. J. R.-Dm`.ANr. 

